PS4 fans will finally be able to battle their mates still playing on the PS3 when 2D fighter Skullgirls Encore is released on the new-gen console in 2015.

Jonathan Kim, Senior Animator on Skullgirls announced the news via Twitter, revealing that cross-platform play would mean players on both Sony machines would be able face each other.

He tweeted: "Skullgirls news for tonight: Beowulf patch is submitted to Sony for testing + the PS4 version of SG will have multiplayer crossplay w/ PS3.

It's not the first game available to fans that has the cross play function, Guilty Gear Xrd also allows for this but is yet to be released in Europe.

Terraria is another title that allows for cross play between the two consoles, allowing for save game transfer and cross-platform multiplayer.

Players are able to join up to fight bosses together, build added castles, or duel in PvP combat, however the range of games that allow for this between both consoles is currently sparse.

Skullgirls was intially removed from the PlayStation Network in December 2013 due to a change in publishers and was re-released as Skullgirls Encore, which is also set to be released on the PS4 and PlayStation Vita in 2015.

The Vita version will support local multiplayer on PlayStation TV.

The PS4 and Vita ports were first announced in July, and had been given a 2014 release date before being pushed back till 2015.

Adding new features to the game was one of the reasons given by Lab Zero Games CEO Peter Bartholow at the time for the switch in dates.

"Skullgirls is still coming to PS4 and PS Vita, but we’ve expanded the scope of the port and are adding new features with the aim of making it a better upgrade for fans and a better value for everyone.

"Unfortunately, these awesome new additions have necessitated a delay until early 2015, but I’m confident that everyone will find the additions worthwhile."